August 22, 2021 Adopting guinea pigs from Heart of Ohio Guinea Pig Rescue & Sanctuary We drove up to northeast Ohio this week to find Xage the perfect guinea pig companion. We had heard great things about the Heart…
August 20, 2021 See the waterfall of your dreams at Cuyahoga Valley national park Would you believe I’ve lived in Ohio for more than 20 years but had never been to our state’s beautiful national park until this…
August 18, 2021 Everyone is welcome here – you, too We hung a colorful new welcome flag outside our house recently. It makes me so happy. It’s the progressive Pride flag with the addition…
August 16, 2021 The ultimate cookie giveaway with Del City Farm! It’s back to school time and parents are mega-stressed. If you’re like me, you eat cookies when you’re stressed. And this school year, thanks…
August 14, 2021 A wild week at Ohio Wildlife Center’s summer camp Summer camp is not just a week of fun for kids – it’s also a necessity for working parents. I know some mothers who…
August 12, 2021 Please stop this ride. I want to get off! It’s back to school time. We should be shopping for clothes, picking out backpacks and having some last-minute summer fun to help ease the…
August 12, 2021 Get ready for the Weird Wonderful World art bazaar! At our house, we like to keep things a little spooky year-round. We love skulls, skeletons and other traditionally Halloween-y stuff. Xage likes to…
August 10, 2021 “Mom, please don’t ask me to smile” Recently, our 11 year old told me that my beloved family scrapbook albums and digital photo books are a sham because “in more than…
August 8, 2021 Are night markets the next big thing? Have you heard all the buzz about night markets in our area? I just started hearing about them this year. For me, the name…
August 6, 2021 Amazing, gender diverse humans are all around us Xage and I have recently had multiple fortuitous, spontaneous meetings with strangers who happen to be amazing, nonbinary young people. These serendipitous happenings seem…